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20 Apr 2009

 

 

2nd Grade Science
 

Interactive Online Activity
 
Downloadable or Print Activity
 
Lesson/Information

 

Scientific Investigation, Reasoning and Logic:
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2.1 Characteristics of Materials A BBC site - test materials to see if they are waterproof, flexible, transparent or strong and take a quiz
2.1 Grouping and Changing Materials A BBC site - decide what material the items are made from

 

Force, Motion and Energy:
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2.2
A BBC website - interactive investigation of magnets
2.2
Word - print activity to go with the BBC site

 

Matter:
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2.3

Changing States of Matter

Drag the labels to the correct place in the diagram

2.3 Solids and Liquids A BBC site - heat and cool substances to see what happens
2.3 Changing States A BBC site - change the state of water by heating and cooling
2.3 Gases Around Us A BBC site - heat and cool liquids to see what happens

 

Life Processes:
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2.4

Life Cycles A website with information and activities about the life cycles of mammals, amphibians, birds, and insects

 

Living Systems:
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2.5 Interdependence and Adaptation A BBC site - drag the living things in the woodlands habitat into the correct places and sort them
2.5 Living or Nonliving? A BBC site - decide which things are living and nonliving, watch them move and label them
2.5 Find the Living Things A BBC site - drag the living things to the right place then sort them
2.5 Classifying Living and Nonliving Things A printable worksheet for classification
2.5 Health and Growth A BBC site - help Ben get the things he needs to grow healthy
2.5 Habitats A BBC site - drag the living things in the woodlands habitat into the correct places and sort them into a food chain

 

Interrelationships in Earth/Space System:
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2.6
A meteorologist's site about the different types of weather
2.6
Excel - students graph the type of weather and temperature observed over a period of time
2.6
Chief Meteorologist Dan Satterfield's weather page
2.6
Information and activities on weather

2.6

Interactive Twister Change the funnel width and pressure of a tornado

 

Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Change:
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2.7 Seasons sort A flash activity - sort the pictures by season

2.7

As the Earth Turns Learn what causes day and night with this interactive website
2.7 The Water Cycle Watch the water cycle in action, then label it

 

Resources:
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2.8

The Great Plant Escape A lesson describing plant parts

 

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